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Pens’ playoff streak in jeopardy after 5-2 loss to Chicago

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Buddy Robinson and Andres Athanasiou scored 26 seconds apart in the third period and the Chicago Blackhawks dealt the Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff chances a significant blow in a 5-2 win on Tuesday night.Pittsburgh began the night needing wins in its last two games over Chicago and Columbus to extend the longest active playoff streak in major North American professional sports to 17 years.Instead, Petr Mrazek made 38 saves, Robinson scored just the fourth goal of his nomadic career to give Chicago a late lead and Pittsburgh finds itself on the outside of the playoffs looking in with just one game to go.The Florida Panthers clinched one of the two wild-card spots in the Eastern Conference following losses by Buffalo and Pittsburgh. The New York Islanders can eliminate the Penguins with a win or an overtime loss against Montreal on Wednesday.Evgeni Malkin’s 27th goal of the season 5:28 into the third period tied the game at 1 and seemed to swing momentum ...

1 of 2 rabbits stuck by blow darts in Arlington Co. caught

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

Rabbits shot with blow darts in Arlington County, Virginia. (Courtesy Animal Welfare League of Arlington)The search is on for the person behind two wounded rabbits shot by blow darts in Arlington, Virginia.The Animal Welfare League of Arlington said calls for help began coming in earlier this month for two rabbits spotted near the 800 block of N. Barton Street, a short distance from Arlington National Cemetery.More Arlington County NewsMore Virginia NewsMore Local NewsBoth rabbits had a blow dart stuck to their bodies, one with a dart stuck through the head area and the other to the side, according to the Animal Welfare League.“It’s a very sad and disappointing situation … At the Animal Welfare League, we are taking it very seriously, and we are doing what we can to find out who is doing this so that we can stop the situation,” said Chelsea Jones, spokesperson for the Animal Welfare League.“Our team right now is working to track the two rabbits that we know o...

Twins beat White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings on throwing error

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hanser Alberto’s throwing error allowed the automatic runner to score from second base and the Minnesota Twins beat the Chicago White Sox 4-3 in 10 innings on Tuesday night.With pinch-runner Willi Castro on second, Michael Taylor put down a sacrifice bunt. Alberto’s throw to first sailed wide and Castro scored to give Minnesota the win.Twins reliever Griffin Jax (1-1) worked a perfect top of the 10th, standing Chicago’s automatic runner at third.Jesse Scholtens (0-1) was on the mound in the 10th for the White Sox, who got the game into extras after Luis Robert Jr. homered on the first pitch he saw from Minnesota closer Jhoan Duran in the ninth.Duran, who blew his first save in three chances this season, responded by striking out the next three batters.The dramatic finish capped a whirlwind day for both teams, which sent key players to the injured list. Chicago lost shortstop Tim Anderson to a knee sprain for two to four weeks. Minnesota placed Joey Gallo on the in...

AP source: ACC reaches 3-year extension deal with Phillips

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

The Atlantic Coast Conference has reached a three-year extension agreement with commissioner Jim Phillips, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the league hasn’t publicly announced the agreement. The extension, first reported by ESPN, would keep Phillips under contract into 2029.The league hired Phillips as the successor for the retiring John Swofford. He took over in February 2021 with a five-year contract after serving as Northwestern’s athletic director and is closing his second full season in the job.Phillips has been working to improve the ACC’s financial standing, with the league reporting record revenues yet facing a growing gap behind the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences. The ACC has a grant-of-rights agreement binding league teams to the ACC for the duration of the current ESPN deal through the 2035-36 season, and the league has been examining options such as unequal per-sc...

Post-secondary institutions must face false identity allegations, prof says

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

An Inuk university professor says post-secondary institutions must find ways to handle allegations of people falsely claiming Indigenous heritage for financial gain.She made the comment in light of Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.’s recent announcement it is investigating what it called the “possible fraudulent enrolment” of two women Inuit beneficiaries under the Nunavut Agreement.Amira Gill, left, and her twin sister Nadya are seen in screen grabs from a June 2021 CTV News report. (Photos courtesy of CTV Ottawa)Karla Jessen Williamson, an Inuk from Greenland, is a professor at the University of Saskatchewan and has contributed decades worth of academic research on various Inuit topics.She has a PhD in anthropology and says she is the first Inuk to become a tenured professor at a Canadian university.Jessen Williamson said she was shocked to read the news that NTI, the organization responsible for enrolling Inuit as beneficiaries of the Nunavut Agreement, is looking into whether Que...

Judge to rule on release of hidden STEM shooting documents Wednesday 

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

DOUGLAS COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- Nearly four years after Kendrick Castillo was killed inside STEM School Highlands Ranch, his parents are pushing for confidential information to be released.The family learned that information after filing a lawsuit against the school, but they say they've been told they can't share it publicly. Teacher’s suspected meningitis death closes Aurora school “The Castillos believe that what they have uncovered will shock the conscience of the public, and will force urgently needed school safety changes," their attorney, Dan Caplis, wrote.On Wednesday, the Castillo family and STEM School leadership will appear before a judge in Douglas County for a special hearing. Judge Christopher Cross will reportedly decide what information, if any, can be released.'Balancing act' on school shooting documents“I think that balancing act is really what Judge Cross is going to have to deal with," said FOX31 legal analyst George Brauchler, who was a special prosecutor...

Arapahoe County commissioners vote down oil and gas moratorium

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) — Update, 9:50 p.m. The Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners voted down the proposed moratorium. The vote was 3-2 in opposition.Original: On Tuesday, the Arapahoe County Board of Commissioners will continue a public hearing to approve or deny a moratorium for up to six months on accepting any applications for a "Use by Special Review" for an oil and gas facility. The hearing has been continued from March 28 after the board cut off public comment after about two hours. Since Colorado Senate Bill 181 was passed in 2019, additional authority has been given to each county government to enhance oil and gas regulations. In response, Arapahoe County has drafted an amendment to its Land Development Code to include oil and gas regulations.The moratorium would pause any new submittals and according to the county, "allow time to develop appropriate amendments to further protect public health, safety, welfare, and the environment." Apartment complex had multip...

Dashcam footage shows FHP conducting PIT maneuver on MacArthur after driver refuses to stop

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

Dash camera footage exclusively obtained by 7News shows a state trooper conducting a PIT maneuver stop after an impaired driver refused to stop.A PIT maneuver (short for precision immobilization technique) is when law enforcement uses their own car to stop another car. “Hey! Stop! Put the car in park!” said a Florida Highway Patrol trooper. Kevin Palmamolina and a passenger were met by several Florida Highway Patrol troopers, who were on and around the MacArthur Causeway in March assisting during spring break, following an emergency declaration in Miami Beach due to violent crime.“He’s failing to stop,” said the trooper. The video shows the trooper heading eastbound on Interstate 395 past Watson Island, in the causeway’s eastbound lanes, when he attempted to make contact with the driver by pulling next to the vehicle but that didn’t work. “He suspected the driver of that SUV to be impaired,” said FHP Lt. Alex Camacho.The trooper ...

MBTA confirms 2 more derailments on Blue and Red lines  

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

Two equipment vehicles derailed on the MBTA Blue Line and Red Line late Monday night and on Tuesday morning, the MBTA confirmed. Officials said a vehicle carrying welding equipment derailed around 11 p.m. on the Blue Line at a track switch near Orient Heights. The vehicle was later rerailed before 1 a.m., officials said. Later, around 7:15 a.m., officials said the back wheels of a piece of work equipment went off the rails on a track siding on the Red Line. Officials said the track siding was not the main line used for passenger service. There were no injuries or damage reported in either incident and service was not impacted. The causes of the derailments remained under investigation as of Tuesday night. Shuttle buses have been replacing Blue Line service between Government Center and Wonderland between 8:45 p.m. and the end of service this week for rail replacement and track alignment work, according to the T. https://twitter.com/MBTA/status/16454113...

Still Boston Strong: Woman seriously injured in marathon bombing shares story of healing

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:04:21 GMT

Ten years after the Boston Marathon bombings, one of the people seriously injured in the blasts is sharing her story of healing.7NEWS’ Adam Williams recently spoke with Rebekah Gregory and her husband about how their family has made it a mission to help others overcome trauma. “I remember I was in a pool of my own blood,”  Gregory said. “There were nails, ball bearings, everything those brothers packed into those pressure cooker bombs. That was so much to be able to get past.”  Gregory, who lost a leg in the bombing, transformed the pain and trauma of the loss into the driving force of her life.“It goes back to the minute that I was waking up from a medically induced coma, knowing that I shouldn’t even have been alive,” she said. “It was just that moment of gratitude for, not only being here, but for my son being here and I just think that as long as we’re breathing, there is a purpose in that, a bigger purpose.”Gregory shielded her five-year-old son,...